Kansas City, Mo. — The Chiefs Stopped running back on Monday. Clyde Edwards Hellyera former first-round draft pick who fell far down his depth chart.
Edwards Hillier had signaled the move. In a message sent to X.
“Lo from UKC!” Edwards-Hillier wrote. “A family I didn’t know I needed, you all made a Baton Rouge kid’s dreams come true!
“To Chief’s Kingdom, all the love and support it received in times of trouble will always be unmatched by you guys! With love!”
Edwards-Hillier, who has not played this season, was the fifth of five running backs on the Chiefs’ roster. Asia Pacheco, Cream Hunt, Society And Carson Steele. The Chiefs will need a roster spot soon.
Wide receiver Hollywood Brown Returned to practice last week and could be activated from injured reserve in time for Saturday’s match. Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chiefs signed Edwards-Hillier out of LSU in 2020. He led the team in rushing that season with 803 yards, but his production declined each year after that. He lost his starting spot to Pacheco during the 2022 season and never got it back.
During training camp this year, Edwards Hillier spoke. About your experience with PTSD This stems from an incident in 2018 when he was in college.
Two LSU football players were trying to sell an electronic item when one of them shot and killed an 18-year-old in an attempted robbery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police said. Police did not identify the players, but the Associated Press Reported that Edwards Hillier was one of them.
Edwards-Hillier occasionally missed practice during his time with the Chiefs to deal with his condition. The Chiefs placed him on the non-football illness list to start the season before activating him.
“Sometimes I get hospitalized, it’s like I can’t stop throwing up and that’s it, me [don’t] know [anything] Too much to stop it,” Edwards Hillier said in August. “Real bad dehydration … but it’s really just not being there mentally.”